2016 CAF Confederation Cup

2016 CAF Confederation Cup
2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup
Tournament details
Dates 12 February – 6 November 2016
Teams 51+8 (from 39 associations)
Tournament statistics
Matches played 82
Goals scored 201 (2.45 per match)
Top scorer(s) Angola Love (5 goals)

The 2016 CAF Confederation Cup (officially the 2016 Orange CAF Confederation Cup for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th edition of the CAF Confederation Cup, Africa's secondary club football competition organized by the Confederation of African Football (CAF). The winner will earn the right to play in the 2017 CAF Super Cup.[1] Étoile du Sahel are the defending champions, and after qualifying for the 2016 CAF Champions League, they entered the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup after they lost in the Champions League second round.

Association team allocation

All 56 CAF member associations may enter the CAF Confederation Cup, with the 12 highest ranked associations according to their CAF 5-Year Ranking eligible to enter two teams in the competition. The title holders can also enter if they have not qualified for the CAF Champions League.[1] As a result, theoretically a maximum of 69 teams could enter the tournament (plus eight teams eliminated from the CAF Champions League which enter the play-off round) – although this level has never been reached.

For the 2016 CAF Confederation Cup, the CAF uses the 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking, which calculates points for each entrant association based on their clubs’ performance over those 5 years in the CAF Champions League and CAF Confederation Cup. The criteria for points are the following:[2]

CAF Champions League CAF Confederation Cup
Winner 5 points 4 points
Runner-up 4 points 3 points
Losing semi-finalists 3 points 2 points
3rd place in groups 2 points 1 point
4th place in groups 1 point 1 point

The points are multiplied by a coefficient according to the year as follows:

Teams

The following 59 teams from 39 associations entered the competition.

Teams in bold received a bye to the first round. The other teams entered the preliminary round.

Associations are shown according to their 2010–2014 CAF 5-Year Ranking – those with a ranking score have their rank and score indicated.

Association Team Qualifying method
Associations eligible to enter two teams (Ranked 1–12)
Tunisia Tunisia
(1st – 105 pts)		 Espérance de Tunis 2014–15 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
Stade Gabèsien 2014–15 Tunisian Cup runner-up
Egypt Egypt
(2nd – 81 pts)		 ENPPI 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League third place
Misr Lel Makkasa 2014–15 Egyptian Premier League fourth place
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo DR
(3rd – 63 pts)		 CS Don Bosco 2014–15 Linafoot third place
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo 2015 Coupe du Congo winner
Algeria Algeria
(4th – 44 pts)		 MC Oran 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 third place
CS Constantine 2014–15 Algerian Ligue Professionnelle 1 fifth place
Sudan Sudan
(5th – 33 pts)		 Al-Ahly Shendi 2015 Sudan Premier League third place
Khartoum 2015 Sudan Premier League fourth place
Ivory Coast Ivory Coast
(6th – 30 pts)		 SC Gagnoa 2014–15 Côte d'Ivoire Ligue 1 third place
Africa Sports 2015 Coupe de Côte d'Ivoire de football winner
Morocco Morocco
(7th – 29 pts)		 Kawkab Marrakech 2014–15 Botola third place
FUS Rabat 2015 Coupe du Trône runner-up
Cameroon Cameroon
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 New Star de Douala 2015 Elite One third place
UMS de Loum 2015 Cameroonian Cup winner
Republic of the Congo Congo
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 Vita Club Mokanda 2015 Congo Premier League sixth place before abandoned
Diables Noirs 2015 Coupe du Congo de football winner
Mali Mali
(T-8th – 26 pts)		 USFAS Bamako 2014–15 Malian Première Division third place
AS Bakaridjan 2014–15 Malian Première Division fourth place
Nigeria Nigeria
(11th – 22 pts)		 Nasarawa United 2015 Nigeria Professional Football League third place
Akwa United 2015 Nigerian FA Cup winner
South Africa South Africa
(12th – 16 pts)		 Bidvest Wits 2014–15 South African Premier Division third place
Ajax Cape Town 2014–15 Nedbank Cup runner-up
Associations eligible to enter one team
Angola Angola
(13th – 11 pts)		 Sagrada Esperança 2015 Taça de Angola runner-up
Libya Libya
(14th – 7 pts)		 Al-Ittihad Tripoli 2013–14 Libyan Premier League runner-up (no league in 2015)
Ghana Ghana
(T-15th – 6 pts)		 Medeama 2015 Ghanaian FA Cup winner
Zambia Zambia
(T-15th – 6 pts)		 Zanaco 2015 Zambian Premier League runner-up
Ethiopia Ethiopia
(17th – 4 pts)		 Defence Force 2015 Ethiopian Cup winner
Niger Niger
(T-18th – 1 pt)		 AS SONIDEP 2015 Niger Cup winner
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe
(T-18th – 1 pt)		 Harare City 2015 Cup of Zimbabwe winner
Botswana Botswana Gaborone United 2014–15 Mascom Top 8 Cup winner
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso USFA 2015 Coupe du Faso winner
Burundi Burundi Atlético Olympic 2015 Burundian Cup runner-up
Chad Chad Renaissance 2015 Chad Premier League runner-up
Comoros Comoros Fomboni Club 2015 Comoros Cup winner
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Mongomo 2015 Equatoguinean Cup winner
Gabon Gabon CF Mounana 2015 Coupe du Gabon Interclubs winner
The Gambia Gambia Wallidan 2015 Gambian Cup winner
Guinea Guinea AS Kaloum 2015 Guinée Coupe Nationale winner
Kenya Kenya Bandari 2015 FKF President's Cup winner
Liberia Liberia Barrack Young Controllers II 2015 Liberian Cup winner
Madagascar Madagascar AS Adema 2015 Coupe de Madagascar runner-up
Mozambique Mozambique Liga Desportiva de Maputo 2015 Taça de Moçambique winner
Rwanda Rwanda Police 2015 Rwandan Cup winner
Senegal Senegal Génération Foot 2015 Senegal FA Cup winner
Seychelles Seychelles Light Stars 2015 Seychelles FA Cup winner
South Sudan South Sudan Atlabara 2015 South Sudan Football Championship champion
Tanzania Tanzania Azam 2014–15 Tanzanian Premier League runner-up
Uganda Uganda SC Villa 2014–15 Ugandan Cup winner
Zanzibar Zanzibar JKU 2014–15 Zanzibar Premier League runner-up
Teams entering the play-off round
Team Qualifying method
South Africa Mamelodi Sundowns Losers of the 2016 CAF Champions League second round
Sudan Al-Merrikh
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Tunisia Étoile du Sahel
Mali Stade Malien
Tanzania Young Africans
Libya Al-Ahli Tripoli
Algeria MO Béjaïa

Notably two team take part in the competition that do not currently play in their national top-division. They are Barrack Young Controllers II (2nd tier) and Génération Foot (2nd).

Schedule

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[3] For the first time, some rounds of matches are officially scheduled in midweek (in italics) instead of on weekends.[4]

Phase Round Draw date First leg Second leg
Qualifying Preliminary round 11 December 2015
(Dakar, Senegal)[5]		 12–14 February 2016 26–28 February 2016
First round 11–13 March 2016 18–20 March 2016
Second round 8–10 April 2016 19–20 April 2016
Play-off round 21 April 2016
(Cairo, Egypt)[6]		 6–8 May 2016 17–18 May 2016
Group stage Matchday 1 24 May 2016
(Cairo, Egypt)		 17–19 June 2016
Matchday 2 28–29 June 2016
Matchday 3 15–17 July 2016
Matchday 4 26–27 July 2016
Matchday 5 12–14 August 2016
Matchday 6 23–24 August 2016
Knock-out stage Semi-finals 16–18 September 2016 23–25 September 2016
Final 28–30 October 2016 4–6 November 2016

Qualifying rounds

The draw for the preliminary, first and second qualifying rounds was held on 11 December 2015 in Dakar, Senegal.[5][7]

Qualification ties are played on a home-and-away two-legged basis. If the aggregate score is tied after the second leg, the away goals rule is applied, and if still level, the penalty shoot-out is used to determine the winner (no extra time is played).[1]

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo 1–1 (6–5 p) Nigeria Akwa United 0–1 1–0
Police Rwanda 4–3 South Sudan Atlabara 3–1 1–2
Sagrada Esperança Angola 3–2 South Africa Ajax Cape Town 1–2 2–0
Wallidan The Gambia w/o[A] Algeria MC Oran — —
SC Gagnoa Ivory Coast 2–0 Mali USFAS Bamako 2–0 0–0
Kawkab Marrakech Morocco 3–3 (5–4 p) Burkina Faso USFA 3–0 0–3
Light Stars Seychelles 0–9 South Africa Bidvest Wits 0–3 0–6
Renaissance Chad 3–2 Cameroon New Star de Douala 1–0 2–2
Harare City Zimbabwe 6–3 Madagascar AS Adema 3–2 3–1
AS Bakaridjan Mali 2–2 (3–4 p) Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 1–1 1–1
Nasarawa United Nigeria 2–1 Senegal Génération Foot 2–1 0–0
Defence Force Ethiopia 1–6 Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa 1–3 0–3
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 3–1 Kenya Bandari 2–0 1–1
Al-Ittihad Tripoli Libya 5–4 Niger AS SONIDEP 4–1 1–3
UMS de Loum Cameroon 0–0 (2–4 p)
w/o; d/q[B]		 Equatorial Guinea Deportivo Mongomo 0–0 0–0
Khartoum Sudan 0–2 Uganda SC Villa 0–1 0–1
JKU Zanzibar w/o[C] Botswana Gaborone United — —
Fomboni Club Comoros 1–2 Burundi Atlético Olympic 1–0 0–2
Diables Noirs Republic of the Congo 2–4 Ivory Coast Africa Sports 1–2 1–2
Notes
  1. ^ MC Oran won on walkover after Wallidan withdrew.[8]
  2. ^ The CAF announced on 2 March 2016 that UMS de Loum won on walkover after Deportivo Mongomo were disqualified for fielding an ineligible player.[9]
  3. ^ JKU won on walkover after Gaborone United withdrew.[10]

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo 1–0 Rwanda Police 0–0 1–0
Sagrada Esperança Angola 2–1 Mozambique Liga Desportiva de Maputo 1–0 1–1
MC Oran Algeria 4–2 Ivory Coast SC Gagnoa 2–0 2–2
Kawkab Marrakech Morocco 3–2 Liberia Barrack Young Controllers II 3–0 0–2
Bidvest Wits South Africa 3–7 Tanzania Azam 0–3 3–4
Renaissance Chad 0–7 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 0–2 0–5
Harare City Zimbabwe 2–5 Zambia Zanaco 1–2 1–3
Stade Gabèsien Tunisia 2–1 Guinea AS Kaloum 2–1 0–0
Nasarawa United Nigeria 2–4 Algeria CS Constantine 1–0 1–4
Misr Lel Makkasa Egypt 3–2 Democratic Republic of the Congo CS Don Bosco 3–1 0–1
FC Saint-Éloi Lupopo Democratic Republic of the Congo 2–2 (a) Sudan Al-Ahly Shendi 2–1 0–1
Al-Ittihad Tripoli Libya 1–2 Ghana Medeama 1–0 0–2
UMS de Loum Cameroon 2–3 Morocco FUS Rabat 1–1 1–2
SC Villa Uganda 5–0 Zanzibar JKU 4–0 1–0
Atlético Olympic Burundi 0–5 Gabon CF Mounana 0–2 0–3
Africa Sports Ivory Coast 1–6 Egypt ENPPI 0–2 1–4

Second round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Vita Club Mokanda Republic of the Congo 1–4 Angola Sagrada Esperança 1–2 0–2
MC Oran Algeria 0–1 Morocco Kawkab Marrakech 0–0 0–1
Azam Tanzania 2–4 Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 2–1 0–3
Zanaco Zambia 1–4 Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 1–1 0–3
CS Constantine Algeria 2–3 Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa 1–0 1–3
Al-Ahly Shendi Sudan 0–2 Ghana Medeama 0–0 0–2
FUS Rabat Morocco 7–1 Uganda SC Villa 7–0 0–1
CF Mounana Gabon 2–2 (5–4 p) Egypt ENPPI 2–0 0–2

The eight winners of the second round advance to the play-off round, where they are joined by the eight losers of the Champions League second round.

Play-off round

The draw for the play-off round was held on 21 April 2016.[11] The winners of the Confederation Cup second round were drawn against the losers of the Champions League second round, with the former hosting the second leg.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
MO Béjaïa Algeria Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 7 May 17–18 May
Stade Malien Mali Morocco FUS Rabat 7 May 17–18 May
Étoile du Sahel Tunisia Gabon CF Mounana 6 May 17–18 May
TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 8 May 17–18 May
Al-Ahli Tripoli Libya Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa 6 May 17–18 May
Al-Merrikh Sudan Morocco Kawkab Marrakech 7 May 17–18 May
Young Africans Tanzania Angola Sagrada Esperança 7 May 17–18 May
Mamelodi Sundowns South Africa Ghana Medeama 7 May 17–18 May

The eight winners of the play-off round advance to the group stage.

Group stage

The draw for the group stage will be held on 24 May 2016. The eight teams are drawn into two groups of four. Each group is played on a home-and-away round-robin basis. The winners and runners-up of each group advance to the semi-finals.

Top scorers

As of 20 April 2016

Note: Players and teams in bold are still active in the competition.

Rank Player Team Goals
1 Angola Love Angola Sagrada Esperança 5
2 Egypt Amr Barakat Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa 3
Tunisia Hichem Essifi Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 3
Egypt Mohamed Gaber Egypt Misr Lel Makkasa 3
Tunisia Ahmed Hosni Tunisia Stade Gabèsien 3
Tunisia Haythem Jouini Tunisia Espérance de Tunis 3
Zimbabwe Raphael Manuvire Zimbabwe Harare City 3
Ghana Abass Mohammed Ghana Medeama 3
Ivory Coast Kipré Tchetche Tanzania Azam 3

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Regulations of the CAF Confederation Cup" (PDF). Confédération Africaine de Football. Retrieved 1 December 2014.
  2. ↑ "CAF disowns club ranking published by some websites". Cafonline.com. 9 June 2011. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ↑ "Orange CAF CL FINAL 2015: CAF Flash Magazine" (PDF). CAF.
  4. ↑ "CAF clubs create history with midweek games". CAF. 18 April 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Preliminary draw for CC and CL 2016 conducted". CAF. 11 December 2015.
  6. ↑ "Draw for Confed Cup 2nd 1/8th round holds April 21". CAF. 19 April 2016.
  7. ↑ "Fixtures – CAF Confederation Cup 2016" (PDF). CAF.
  8. ↑ "MC Oran - Après le forfait d'Al Wallidan". Le Quotidien d'Oran. M. Benboua. 6 January 2016.
  9. ↑ "Coupe de la Confédération: le club de Mongomo disqualifié". Africa Top Sports. 3 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Gaborone United pull out of Confed Cup". SuperSport. 9 February 2016.
  11. ↑ "Results of CC 2nd 1/8th Round draw". CAF. 21 April 2016.

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